Rogue Ales – Dead Guy Ale

Styled on a German maibock – it’s a multi-award winning beer – a malty, honey-coloured beer which is actually available all year round but comes in special ‘Dead Guy Glow’ packaging in September-October for the spooky season.

The Lost Abbey – Witch’s Wit

Brooklyn Brewery – Post Road Pumpkin Ale

We don’t love pumpkin beers but it’s tradition, you gotta have at least one every Halloween. This seasonal brew from Brooklyn Brewery is the best pumpkin ale we’ve tried. It’s available from August ’til November.

Great Divide – Yeti

Is a Yeti a Halloween creature? It’s a big spooky beast, at least, so we reckon it counts. This beer is also a big spooky beast, an Imperial Stout weighing in at 9.5%. It’s actually available all year round but there’s a few incarnations including a Chocolate Oak Aged version, so keep your eye out for that.

Two very different stouts in from the USA.Great Divide YETI Imperial Stout & Left Hand “NITRO” super smooth Milk Stout.. pic.twitter.com/KlWLvxxdmc

Siren – Counting Vampires

According to old English folklore, growing blackberries near your home would ward off any vampires that happened to be passing your door. Apparently Vampires were fond of counting berries, so this would distract them and they’d forget what they were there for. Like the Count in Sesame Street, I guess? Wait, is that why vampires were always called Count?!

Anyway, this dark IPA is brewed with plenty of fresh blackberries and blackberry puree, so you should be safe this Halloween.

Dogfish – Flesh & Blood IPA

Alright, so a little tenuous this one. It’s actually a fruity IPA brewed with lemon flesh, sweet orange peel and blood orange juice. It may be a Halloween beer in name alone but it’s great so it’s going on the list.

The Veil – We Ded Mon

A massive beer, a Triple IPA clocking in at 11%, 100% hopped with Citra. We tried this one last week at Mash Beer Festival in Barcelona and were blown away. An amazing, dangerous beer, perfect for raising hell this Halloween.

Odyssey Brew Co – Hop Zombie Blood

This was a brew we picked up last Halloween – not sure if it’s been brewed again this year or if it was a one-off… There was an Imperial version too. A big, blood-coloured red ale – it literally looked like a pint of blood, and how cool is that artwork (in the featured image above)?! Zombies!

Clown Shoes – Undead Party Crasher

A beer formerly known as Vampire Slayer. The name change was a result of legal issues – hence the rebranded artwork! It’s a 10.5% ABV Imperial Stout brewed with dark malts, holy water, and malt smoked locally with hickory and ash.